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Toxic Baby

Filmmaker Penelope Jagessar Chaffer was curious about the chemicals she was exposed to while pregnant: Could they affect her unborn child? So she asked scientist Tyrone Hayes to brief her on one he studied closely: atrazine, a herbicide used on corn. … Continue reading

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Low Sperm Count

Low sperm count (Oligozoospermia) is one of the main causes of male infertility. Usually low count and low motility (agility to get where they are useful) and general health (leading to a great baby not a miscarriage or deformed baby) … Continue reading

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Male Factors in Pregnancy

A long-standing patient came in today for treatment. Her three previous pregnancies have resulted in only one baby and she wants to avoid a miscarriage this time. I asked her about the quality of her husband’s sperm and she looked … Continue reading

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Nutrition, Zinc and Post Natal Depression

Rather than looking to the momentous reasons behind the maternal dislocation and mothering anxiety that may be visiting your household, or that has in the past, here is an article that aims to encourage you to get pregnant again, if … Continue reading

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Learnings from being Skye/Kathryn’s Mother

(written 1998) Some of this is fairly raw/ more like a journal for me to work out just ‘what was I doing???’ after the dust settled down. STAGE ONE Initially, the awareness that she was not as her brothers in … Continue reading

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Skye Sequel

One Mother’s Journey by Heather Bruce KATHRYN SEQUEL How to write the sequel to the last Skye account? When I am not the one that was? Skye’s mother wrote the story that was printed in Elohim a past issue, twelve … Continue reading

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Reflections on Skye’s Life

One Mother’s Journey by Heather Bruce Reflections on Skye’s Life Kathryn Skye was born 15 years ago, my third child. Whilst pregnant, I wondered at the lack of connection I felt towards the growing baby. I knew I my body … Continue reading

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Plan B

Do you have a Plan B – what do you do when your children are vaccinated and they STILL get sick? http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/04/17/aps-on-epidemic-autism-spectrum-diseases.aspx?e_cid=20120417_DNL_art_1

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Environmental Toxins

So many women come to me desperate to be mums.  Rarely do I see the cause of the problem.  The potential Dad to be. Sperm health is diminishing – as predicted over 50 years ago by Dr Rachel Carson. Global … Continue reading

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Circumcision

I have placed this up on my site as so few women know what to do. Many men were snipped and do not know how to care for an intact penis either . . . This practice did not come … Continue reading

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